A Few Acres of Snow is a two-player, card-driven game about the French and British conflict in North America.

The card-play contains a focus on a deck-building mechanic similar to Dominion, and like many card-driven war games, each card will have multiple uses. The players have to choose only one aspect of the card to use when it is played. Each space captured by a player will add another card to the capturing player's deck.

From the box description:

A war fought at the edge of two mighty empires. For over one hundred and fifty years Britain and France were locked in a struggle for domination of North America. Thousands of miles from their homes, settlers and soldiers were faced with impenetrable forests, unpredictable American tribes, and formidable distances. Despite these obstacles they were able to engage in bitter warfare, with the British ultimately taking the prize of Quebec. A Few Acres of Snow is a two-player game that allows you to recreate this contest. You can change the course of history by your decisions.

A Few Acres of Snow takes an innovative approach to the subject, using cards to represent locations and manpower. As the game progresses you add to your selection of cards, increasing the range of actions available to you. There are many strategies to be explored. How quickly should you build up your forces, do you employ Native Americans, what energy should be expended on your economy?

The game is about more than just fighting – you must successfully colonize the land to have a chance.

Summary in dutch for the 2nd edition rules. Note, this summary is meant for people that allready played the game before. But good as a reminder for set up and gameplay if it has been a while.
Samenvatting in het nederlands voor de 2nd edition spelregels. Let op, dit is bedoelt voor mensen die het spel al speelden, maar even een opfrissing nodig hebben.

Reference sheet useful for quick referencing and provides a structured summary for teaching the game.
If you are interested in ref sheets for other games that I’ve made (>250), a complete set is available at my boardgame blog, http://hiewandboardgames.blogspot.com/2010/12/concise-reference-sheets.html
This version includes 2nd edition rules.

Неофіційний переклад аркуша опису процесу гри 'A Few Acres of Snow' українською, версія 1.0. It is an unofficial translation of 'A Few Acres of Snow' sequence of play into Ukrainian, version 1.0 (posted with permission from Treefrog Games).

Неофіційний переклад правил гри 'A Few Acres of Snow' українською, версія 1.0. It is an unofficial translation of 'A Few Acres of Snow' rules into Ukrainian, version 1.0 (posted with permission from Treefrog Games).